Muzzie Terrorist Attack in Mali, Dozens Killed

The deadly hostage situation at a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital city ended Friday, with a U.N. report indicating dozens of bodies were littered across multiple floors of the building. One of those killed was an American, according to the State Department.

The siege “has concluded,” State Department spokesman John Kirby announced Friday. He said about a dozen Americans were rescued uninjured from the Radisson in Bamako, but a State Department official later said one American had been killed. That person was not immediately identified.

Some of the freed Americans were U.S. embassy personnel, Kirby said.

Some attackers may have remained inside the hotel. A Mali security ministry spokesman told Reuters they “dug in” on upper floors of the building.

“They are alone with the Malian special forces who are trying to dislodge them,” spokesman Amadou Sangho said. Al Qaeda-linked jihadists claimed responsibility for the siege.